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446 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5)“Option 1Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999“Article 11“Cooperation with non-States Parties“States Parties are encouraged to 5 cooperate with non-States Parties to preventand punish trafficking in persons and to protect and care for victims of such trafficking.To that end, the authorities of each State Party shall in appropriate cases 6 notifythe authorities of a non-State Party whenever a victim of such trafficking who is anational of the non-State Party is in the territory of the State Party.“Option 2“This Protocol encourages States Parties to cooperate with non-States Parties onthe basis of equality and reciprocity for the purpose of this Protocol.” 7Notes by the Secretariat6. At the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, it was decided that article 11should be deleted.Other (stricter) measuresNegotiation textsSecond session: 8-12 March 1999Argentina and United States of America (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.1)“Article 14 8“Other measures“1. States Parties may adopt measures stricter than those provided for in thisProtocol if, in their opinion, such measures are desirable to prevent, combat anderadicate the crimes covered by this Protocol.“2. States Parties shall take such additional legislative or other measures asthey consider appropriate to prevent means of transport operated by commercial5At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, there was general agreement to use the words “are encouraged to”instead of the word “shall”.6At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, there was general agreement to insert the words “in appropriate cases”after the word “shall”.7The text of this paragraph was proposed by China at the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (see A/AC.254/L.52).8Australia and Canada suggested that several articles in this protocol should be based on articles contained in theproposals of the United States and Canada regarding the draft migrants protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.1/Rev.1). One of thearticles thus adapted was the present one.